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15th March 2007, 09:50 PM #1New Member
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?Dutch Oak
Hi
I'm interested in buying a desk which happens to be made of Dutch Oak. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure what it is (it looks quite nice though). I was hoping someone may be able to tell me if it is a good wood for an antique or not. How does it compare to English or European oak? Is it valuable or not so much?
Thanks very much for your input.
Karen
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17th March 2007, 06:51 PM #2
Karen,
Dutch oak is most likely English/European oak. All the same as far as I know. In America there is red and white oak. They all look similar. Wine barrels are usually oak so that is grain pattern to look for. Oak in Europe has been considered up market for the past 200 years or so. As for what it is worth in old furniture I can not say. Take along someone who knows antiques to look at it.
Regards
John
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17th March 2007, 07:17 PM #3
I restored an old (circa 1920) Dutch coffee table a couple of years ago, the oak was stock standard euro oak complete with the telltale medulary rays.
On the table the legs were solid but the top was a solid plain timber and veneered on both sides (why?).
I purchased oak veneer locally to match and found it hard to pick between the original and the new top I put on.Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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17th March 2007, 07:32 PM #4
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17th March 2007, 07:37 PM #5
But I thought a coat of varnish etc would achieve the same end, or a cheap and nasty veneer that no one is ever going to see.
Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.
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17th March 2007, 08:01 PM #6
A coat of varnish would help, but a veneer would be better, and I suppose if you're really fanatical about it a veneer with the same characteristics as the face veneer would be best. You're right though, I'd just use something cheap.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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17th March 2007, 08:21 PM #7Hewer of wood
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.... because Dutch housewives clean the underside as well as the top of course!
Cheers, Ern
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17th March 2007, 08:40 PM #8
is oak of much value as i have some that id glady swap for some aussie timber ?
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